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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

Previous threads suggest using any USB-capable 2.2 or 2.4 kernel and

insmod usbcore
insmod uhci  (or usb-ohci)
insmod usbmouse

Unresolved symbol input_register_device
Unresolved symbol input_unregister_device
Unresolved symbol input_event

The people suggesting the above did not actually try it.

A web search revealed that I have to:

insmod usbcore
insmod uhci
insmod input
insmod hid
insmod usbmouse

What do I do in XF86Config where it offers only a choice of
Microsoft or PS/2 for mouse, and what do I symlink to mouse in /dev?

Using SVGA X or Xvesa or xfb on DELL Inspiron 8100, where I had to 
disable onboard PS/2 trackpad and eraser-head mouse so that other mice 
would work in Puppy Linux (USB works there).  Serial mouse works in BL2 
but I prefer the USB one with scroll wheel (another challenge).

I need to make the new device.

mkdir /dev/input
cd /dev/input
mknod mice c 13 63

I do not have nvidia X driver and SVGA X crashes this Inspiron 8100

I tried a suggestion found online
Xvesa -mouse /dev/input/mice - no mouse

Xfbdev --help suggests
Xfbdev -mouse /dev/input/mice  - still no mouse

I tried editing XF86Config as suggested at one website but Xfbdev does not 
seem to use that file.  Xfbdev works with PS/2 mouse on other computers 
when I symlink /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux but not with USB mouse when I 
symlink it to /dev/input/mice.   It works with serial mouse and ttyS0.


Sindi